Since 2020, calls to 911 in Colorado Springs for “lift assist” have nearly doubled, and it comes at an increasing cost for ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - The 911 call came just before 8 a.m., and Ladder 5’s four-man crew scrambled to the truck just as their overnight shift was about to end. It was the kind of call that veteran ...

Rockford, Ill. — The 911 call came just before 8 a.m., and Ladder 5’s four-man crew scrambled to the truck just as their overnight shift was about to end. It was the kind of call that veteran ...

Decatur's City Council paved the way for the fire department to charge senior living facilities that have been relying on firefighters to assist their residents from falls. At the Tuesday night ...

Warren —The city of Warren is considering charging senior living facilities for calling the fire department to lift up residents who have fallen or to help out in non-emergent medical situations.

Firefighters across Minnesota are increasingly responding to 911 calls to lift elderly people off the floor, even at some senior care facilities with their own staff. More than 7,100 times last year, ...

A new law means Illinois fire departments are now allowed to charge nursing homes and assisted living facilities for lift ...

Assisted living facilities in Minnesota and throughout the country have implemented ‘no touch’ or ‘no lift’ policies which direct staff to call 911 and to not move or touch a fallen resident. The FOX ...